Natural Farming Regulation
Nature farming and organic farming have a lot of similarities; both of them don’t allow the use of chemical fertilizer and pesticides. However, nature farming focuses more on maintaining the balance of the ecosystem and following the nature law. The main goal of nature farming is to present nature and its power in the product it produced, making the land, product, and people all reach prosperity. Comparing to organic farming, there is more regulation in natural farming, making practicing of natural farming harder and more complexed. If a thing does not belong to nature, then it should not be a part of the cultivation. For example, animals that do not belong to the original habitat, like cows or dogs, their feces are not natural, so it cannot be used as fertilizer in the practice of natural farming. In addition, since an ecosystem is consisted of different plants and organisms, so monoculture is also not allowed in natural farming.
Regulations on Natural Farming :
1. Chemical fertilizer, pesticides, plant growth regulators, and feed actives are not allowed
2. Animals and humans’ feces are not allowed to be fertilizer
3. Farmers should use different cultivation method according to the season and where the farm is located
4. Farmers should avoid monoculture by intercropping
5. Genetic modified seeds or seedling are not allowed
6. Choose crops that are delicious, have high resistance to diseases and bugs, and don’t need too much fertilizer to grow
7. Small amount of irrigation, pruning, fertilizing is acceptable